The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-08-06
STRAY NOTES GATHERED FROM
THE HUMOROUS PAPERS.
The Hot Spell-No Hair-A Cowboy
A Curious Discovery-AllB Broken
Up-Odds and Ends. Etc, Etc.
ON THE GAIN.

stopped before gang OF street cleaners
the other day.
"Well, no, sor," replied one of the old
men, as he slowly and solemnly re-
moved the pipe from his mouth
"But you used to want to know"
That's SO, sor'
"And what's the matter now?"
"Well, sor, the matter is this: How
long does it take for one of rs to foind
out the tonne O day from you?"
''About ten seconds"
Exactly, SCR. Now, how will it take
ne to lay down me hoe, put up me pipe,
get out me watch and look at the tonne
for mesilfi"
"From four to five minutes"
Certainly it will, and that's where
We gain on the city, and why we all car
~ watches. Detroit Free Press.
ALL BROKE Up.
They are telling in Boston of two or
three japanese students of rank who
have been in the habit of dining each
Sunday at the residence of one of the
solid citizens CT the Hub. On a recent
Sunday one was absent, and when the
host asked why, one of the guests said
solemnly, "Oh, he cannot come. He
very, very d;ssipatedl' The host
thought it best not to make any further
inquiry at the time, but after the meal
he ventured to ask the same young man
II private. ''You say Mr.. MIN Shi is
not well:' ''No: he not well-he very
disSlpated." He hasn't been drink
ing.' ''Oh, no, no! He no drink. Not
gambling mo 10, He no gamble"
May ask what he has been doing,
them ''Oh he very dissipated. He eat
sponge cake alice time-he all broke
up now"
TOO ENTHUSIASTIC.
Wife-What do you think of the new
girl, John!
Husband-Was that her that just let
me in?
W.-Yes.
II. Well, she's just daisy
w. <icily)-Ihink so.
d. enthusiastically - Think so: !
Why, she has complexion like moss
rose, and eyes hke-like-I don't know |
what. And her teeth are spendid, too.
Next day when John went home to
dinner, he was let in by a girl with a
complexion like polished ebony, eyes
as large as saucers and teeth like two
rows of piano keys.-Bostoa Courier.
DIseUsTEp.
People are sometimes anxious to
state things very delicately. An old
colored man named Sam had been alb
sent from his native town for several
weeks, and on his return fastened to
pay his respects to colored member of
the State Legislature. II congratulate
you, Brudder Jones. on your success"
II guess YOU air q Little mite too prev
io1s.' why, Brudder Jones, l was
dat YOU was reelected" dat
am a mistake; regret to say on de con-
trary, sam, Use been seriously dis
elected" TIE be seriously diselected'
Is the fate Of good many candidates.
lOnths CompaniOn.
KNEW IT.
Mrs. Co. Yerger is a continual source
OF embarrassment to her husband. Col.
IerScr recently gave dinner party to
few select Ladies' and gentleman. Of
course, he was called on for an after
dinner speech. Col. Yerger got up, and
assuming an imposing position, began:
Ladies and gentlemen, unprepared as
am-helng wholly unprepared TO make
speecn--belng prepared" He was
unable to proceed. There was q pain
ul silence, which was broken by Mrs.
ierger saying: why, Colonel. Won
lnew it perfectly this morning. '-TSrqs
'ittiHss.
COWBOY.
Little Allie had Just completed the